Liquid-coloring implement.



1. A. BOYAJEAN. LIQUlD COLORING IMPLEMENT. APPucATloN HLED APR. l5.|912'.

Patented June 1, 1915.

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' WITNESSES:

JOHN a. BoYAJnamor JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led April 15, 1912. Serial No. 690,739.

To all 'whom it may concern Be it known that l., JOHN A. BozAqEAN, a,citizen of the United States, and resident of Jersey City, in thecounty ot Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Liquid-Coloring Implements, of which 4thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates particularly to devices for applying dye stuifs topile fabrics. The object is to provide a simp1e, inex pensive, andreliabledevice which is not likely to get out of order and by means ofwhich the operator can control the flow of liquid readily.

The invention contemplates the use of-aV long tracing member having atapered point. The upper end of the vtracing member is provided with ahead fitting in a passage in the lower end of the instrument and a valveis provided adjacent thereto for controlling the flow of the fluid. Thetracing member itself is so constructed as to assist in regulating theiiow and the parts are so designed tand located with reference to eachother that no corrosion which may take place is likely to interfere withthe use of the instrument.

Figure 1, is a side view of the instrument showing the. end of a pieceof tubing for-supplying liquid to it. Fig. 2, is a side elevation andpartial longitudinal section showing the parts in their position ofrest. Fig. 3, is a 4side view showing the different parts sepa nipple 2at its upper end for the attachmentof the liquid supply tube 3. Theoutletl member has a longitudinal passage 6 extend- 'ing member and thevalve.` The tracing.

member .4 is threaded at 5 and screws into the lower end of the body 1.The outlet ing through it in which are located the tracmember has a stem7 and a lon tapered point 8 anda head 9. The stemo the tracing member 7is of slightly `smaller diameter than the lower end of the passage 6while the lower end is tapered substantlally as shown in' Figs. 2 and 4.The head 9- is flattened on the sides so as to leave passages such as10, 10 (see Fig. 5) and rests against ,said conical seat.

the seat 11 in the position shown in Fig. 2, the said head beingreceived in the enlargement shown above said seat.

At the upper end of the enlargement above the seat 111s a conical seat12 on which normally rests the ball 13, said ball being recelved 1n theenlargement shown above the Above the ball 13 is a follower 14 flattenedon the sides as at 15, 15 so as to leave longitudinal passages for theliquid. The upper end ofthe follower 1s engaged -by a coiled spring 16which presses the follower 14, the ball 13 and the tracing memberdownward so that the ball engages the seat 12, and the head 9 of thetracing member engages lthe' seat 11 in the` outlet member. There arethus provided, in effect, two-valve seats, the ball valve and seat andthe head valve and seat and this construction do es away with thenecessity for rubber packing orv similar devices which are liable todeteriorate when not used.

The implement is held in the hand when used and the tip 8' of thetracing member 1s guided along the lines where it is desired to applythe color, for instance,l in coloring p1le fabric rugs as indicated'bythe fragment 17 in Fig. 4. The tracing member engages the fabric 17 atthe root of the pile threads and as the implement is pressed downwardthe tracing member is forced inward retractmg the ball 13 from the 'seat12 and the head 9 from the seat 11. The liquid then which is usuallyunder pressure from a suitable reservoir flows through the body 1,passes '.the follower 14, the ball 13, the head 9 and through thepassage 6 and out around the lower end of the tracing member. Thetracving member and the ball being freely rotatable in the `outletmember 4 there is no danger of their becoming stuck or clogged when inuse. The stem of the tracing mem- Yber affords a suitable bearing in theoutlet member and the tip being tapered permits greater freedom of flowof the liquid as the tracing member is pushed inward as shown in Fig. 4.When the pressure on the tracing member is' released, the spring 16closes the valves tight so as to prevent the escapement of liquid.

What I claim 1s:- A

1. In an implement for applying coloring Patented June 1915.

matter, a tubular body member provided with a long outlet passage havingan annuji lar seat surrounding the inner end thereof,

an enlargement abqve said seat and a second enlargement above the lfirstenlargement,

and a spring pressed tracing member provided with a head on its upperend engaging the annular lseat and normally received in the enlargementabove the seat, a stem portion loosely guided in the passage, .and along tapered point'projecting out beyond thel end of the passa e adistance at least egual to the length o the first enlargement a oresaid,whereby by pressure on the tracpoint, the headon the tracin membermaybe' forced up into the secon enlargement to provide increased spaceand aord freer flow around and under thehead and ydown around thetracing point.

with a head on its upper end normally lr'e- A ceived in the enlargementabove the annular seat,`a stem portion loosely guided in the passage,and a long ta ered point projecting out beyondthe en of the passage adistance at least equal-to' the length of the first enlargementaforesaid, whereby by pressure on the tracing point, the head on thetracing member may be forced up into the second enlargement to provideincreased space and afford freer flow. around and under the head anddown around the tracing point, a ball above the head received in'thesecond enlargement and littin the upper end of the first enlargement toorm a valve and a spring pressed follower slidingly engaged in thesecond enlargement above the valve therein.

' JOHN A. BOYAJEAN. Witnesses:

Roar. S. LLYN, E. BRADFORD.

